An image decoding apparatus includes a unit configured to set an unreferenced region depending on whether information concerning a horizontal direction is defined, out of information indicating the unreferenced region. The image decoding apparatus further includes a unit configured to decode a flag that is to be set depending on whether a loop filter is related as information indicating the unreferenced region.
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1. An image decoding apparatus decoding a plurality of layered images, comprising an entropy decoder that decodes an offset in a horizontal direction and an offset in a vertical direction, indicating an unreferenced region in a case that a target layer references a reference layer; and an inter-prediction image generator that generates a prediction picture block from a reference picture, wherein in a case that the inter-prediction image generator references the reference picture of the reference layer, the unreferenced region is defined only by the offset in the vertical direction.
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